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As quickly as a camera captures a scene, an image can grab ____ of our emotions.

Through speech or written ____ it can be difficult to convey a complex message quickly.

Yet photographs can change people’s hearts and minds in an ____

And when the magic of photography sparks an ____ reaction in a great number of people, it can change history.

In the 1880s, industry began to grow rapidly along the Cuyahoga ____ in the city of Cleveland.

This ____ growth provided steady jobs to people in the area.

Meanwhile, steel mills and factories started dumping large amounts of waste ____ the river.

Although the river became polluted, most people simply regarded this as a sign of the area’s ____ success.

In June 1969, ____ polluted river caught fire.

The likely cause was a burning flare falling from a train, which set fire to oil-soaked waste beneath ____ bridge.

At that time, few people in ____ cared.

____ was because fires had been recorded on the Cuyahoga more than ten times before, and some of them had been much worse.

However, it ____ long before the 1969 fire became famous.

____ was thanks to an article published in Time magazine that year.

The article featured a shocking photograph of flames and smoke rising from ____ river.

But this was not a photograph of ____ 1969 fire, which was put out so quickly that nobody took a picture of it.

In fact, it was a picture of ____ much worse fire that had occurred on the river several years earlier.

Still, ____ image had a great impact on people.

Around that time, the attitudes of Americans toward ____ problems were starting to change.

More and more people were becoming aware of the need to protect the environment, and the shocking image of ____ burning river sparked public anger about water pollution.

As ____ result, the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969 became a symbol of pollution.

A national environmental awareness event was held on April 22, 1970, which later became known as the first Earth ____

And in 1972, national water quality standards were established with the passage of the ____ Water Act.

In the 19th century, the Industrial ____ led to a dramatic increase in factory production in the United States.

____ demand for workers increased, and many new positions were filled by children.

By 1900, about twenty percent of all children in the United ____ were employed, and some of those working in factories were only four years old.

The work was difficult ____ dangerous, leaving many child laborers with health problems.

Factory owners turned to child labor ____ several reasons.

For example, children could be ____ less than adult workers.

They were also less likely to go ____ strike.

____ Hine, a teacher and photographer, wanted to reveal how cruel this system was.

So he quit his teaching job and started to work for the National Child Labor Committee ____ an investigative photographer.

He ____ access to factories by pretending to have different jobs like insurance agent or fire inspector.

Once inside, ____ would photograph the children working there.

He would also ask their names and ages and record information about their living ____ working conditions.

From 1908 to 1912, he secretly gathered information and took photographs to expose factory owners who were taking advantage of helpless ____

Hine’s photographs captured young ____ doing all sorts of jobs.

These included picking vegetables, ____ baskets, and even handling dangerous equipment.

What is more, the children’s ____ showed the tragic impact of hard labor.

When people saw the children’s joyless expressions, they could not help ____ feel heartbroken.

The pictures were later shown ____ exhibitions, lectures, magazine articles, and so on.

As a result, the public realized just how ____ the situation was.

Soon, many ____ passed stronger laws to ban the employment of children.

In 1938, the ____ States Congress passed an act that made it illegal for children under sixteen to work in factories during school hours.

These examples show that photographs can ____ meaningful change to society.

They prove that, sometimes, a ____ truly is worth a thousand words.